How is movement being handled?

As an example, chases at character level (and for most animals) could be handled by opposed Coordination-related rolls, with certain natural abilities and biomods, etc. adjusting this. Greater success would represent extending (or closing) range bands.This could easily be based directly on the vehicle chase-elude rules.

For creatures able to keep pace with even slower vehicles, they would use the vehicle chase rules and modifiers.

Cheers,
Colin

I suspect the new edition, at least in its current form, handles movement just like v1 and v2 did, where you can walk and take your action, or 'scramble' and take a -2 to your action. 
Combat scenes tend to be pretty close-ranged, very rarely do you have combat rounds where one character is, say, sniping at a far off enemy who is running to get to you, so most of the time in games I ran it was less bookkeeping and more me asking the question in my head 'Are they close enough to walk there, scramble there, or sprint there in around three seconds or so?' and I went from there.  
So let's think, we had Crawl/Scramble/Sprint for basic human movement, which represented 'normal' speed as well as a sort of max and minimum (or at least, slow as you could go and still be considered moving). 
I'm thinking the movement rates are not meant intentionally to be extremely precise as much as perhaps give an idea of how much faster / slower a given critter is to human base movement, and the 'normal / maximum' movement is considered movement-while-acting and then movement-all-out. Again, I personally would not view these as hard and fast numbers, more like a good reference to how -much- faster or slower than the PCs can move. 
I like your thought on the 'chase' mechanic being more like the vehicle movement rules. A good chase sequence should be fast-paced and exciting, so you don't want a ton of rolls slowing things down. Simple opposed rolls to change range bands sounds good if you have one character chasing down another. 
That said, if there was a combat encounter, and now I imagine a situation where the NPC is running and the PC is chasing, while firing guns at each other...well I don't know. On a similar vein the dogfighting rules in BPv2 felt to me to be a little complex. That said, it didn't come up in my games!

Man I had to give that some thought. So, in terms of say, a creature, how would we represent easily that a particular species is faster than an unmodified human if we're using a range band mechanic? Do we change numbers to say like, a Lesser White can move 1.5 'range bands' a round? Or just that it can move three bands in two rounds? Or is it that you feel the speed itself is entirely expressed through the high Coordination state that the creature would have, thus eliminating the need for further number crunching?

I was thinking much along the same lines as what neil just said: use Coordination, with creatures that are notably faster or slower having a modifier to the Coordination rolls. It really keeps it simple that way.

Movement Rules:
Chases and Races:
Opposed Coordination rolls over X number of rounds (depending on distance to goal/distance between chaser and pursuer).
Creatures that are notably Fast/Slow or characters that have modifications that boost running speed get a flat modifier to the Coordination rolls.

That approach keeps things flexible and cinematic, stills gives range some meaning and impact, allows things to work simply within the existing rule framework, and completely removes the need to track (or present) specific ranges/distances/movement rates.

That's actually a damn fine idea. I wonder if we can get a dev in here to comment?

I think the official answer to my original question in this thread will be the final deciding factor for me in whether to back BP:R or not.

I'm increasingly picky about my RPG purchases these days, I know exactly what does and doesn't work for me and my groups, and I never buy anything I won't actually run, so core elements I need to houserule make a purchase must less likely. I stopped being an "RPG collector" years ago or buying stuff "just because it seems neat/interesting". Being ruthless about my RPG purchasing has meant I can save money for my other hobbies and family holidays and keep my collection lean and focused.

This is a great idea - likely to steal it!

J-